Approved 43-0 with 1 abstention Nov 3, 1999 by Committee of the Whole (Faculty Meeting without administrators).

As teachers and scholars, we the Faculty hold the principles of academic honesty, openness, and responsibility in the exchange of ideas as central to the educational mission of Albright College. These values provide the conditions through which students learn and knowledge advances. They guide every aspect of our practice: in classrooms and laboratories, in our research and writing, and in all our engagements with students, with each other, and with colleagues in the broader scholarly world. The faculty must therefore act as role models of academic integrity and truthfulness to students and to the outside community. There must be no doubt that academic honesty and openness define and will continue to define our community.

Given our commitments to these values, to our students, and to our former students, the alumni of Albright College, we cannot but take seriously the allegations concerning Dr. Henry A. Zimon, President of Albright College, published in the October 22 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Students and faculty are held accountable for breaches of academic honesty, and the college cannot support a different standard for presidential integrity. The faculty thus asserts the following:

1. The questions regarding the academic credentials of President Zimon in the October 22 The Chronicle of Higher Education raise serious concerns involving truthfulness and academic integrity. They cannot be dismissed or taken lightly.

2 The present statements by the Board without full explanation or documentary evidence do not constitute a credible refutation of The Chronicle charges. The failure to respond effectively or to refute the allegations, may easily be interpreted by others as an endorsement of the conduct alleged and documented in The Chronicle article. This is an issue for current students, for alumni, for foundations, for recruitment of future faculty and for fund raising.

3. If there is not an adequate refutation of these charges, which have spread far beyond our campus, the college will suffer irreparable harm to its reputation. Our accreditation review by the Middle States may be in jeopardy, and, of course, the reputations of individual faculty members stand to be impacted negatively.

QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED BY DR. ZIMON:

1 Please provide the Faculty of Albright College with a written statement explaining the listing on page two of your resume/vita of R. James Woolsey as co-editor of a book described as "1998-1999 (forthcoming/in progress)" as an accurate representation in light of the statement attributed to Woolsey on page A52 of the October 22, 1999, issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, "I don't know anything about the book'…[I] had not 'kept close track' of him since 1991." Please supplement this written statement with any and all relevant documentation.

2. Please provide the Faculty of Albright College with a written statement explaining the use of the phrase "1998-99 (forthcoming)" in the section of your resume/via titled Selected Professional Publications and Presentations, "Reshaping U.S. National security Strategy: Peacetime Engagement, Regional Stability, and Global Security, New York" Praeger, 1998-99 (forthcoming), as an accurate representation, in light of your statement at the September 1999 Faculty Meeting that you had not worked on this book since 1992, did not have any immediate plans to do so, and the book was not in press. In what sense was it forthcoming? Please supplement this written statement with any and all relevant documentation.

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